Screen.



PATENTED APR. 25, 1905'.

G. AL.l OGLE.

SCREEN.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 19 l.. nf..

-NTTED STATES i Patented April 25, 1905.

PATENT OFFICE.

SCREEN.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 788,219, dated April 25, 1905.

Application liled July 19, 1904. Serial No. 217,268.

To fr/N/ whom, t 77mg/ concern: Y

Be it known that I, GRAHAM L. OGLE, a citizen of the United States,residing at Louisville, in the county of Jefferson and State of Kentucky, have invented certain newA and useful Improvements in Screens, of which the following is a specilication.

This invention relates to screens.

An object of the invention is to provide a screen-surface in the vform of an inverted frustum having a discharge at its lower end and a variable inclination. The purpose oi' varying the inclination is to provide a screen-surt'ace adapted for the separation of various materials.

Other objects will appear from the following description and will be particularly pointed out in the appended claims.

In the drawings, Figure l is a vertical section on the line 8 8, Fig. 2, showing one embodiment oi my invention. Fig. 2 is a top plan view of the embodiment shown in Fig. l with the distributing-disk and the operating mechanism removed, and Fig. 3 is an elevation of one of the screen-sections employed in the embodiment shown in Figs. l and 2.

The screen-surface in the embodiment shown has the shape of a frustum of a pyramid, each side of which is formed by Aa iiat screen-section 25. The screen-sections 25 are removable and hinged at their upper ends at 30 to the top 26, while at their lower ends two opposite sections are connected by an adjusting device which comprises a right and left hand screw 27, that works through nuts 28 on the sections. Each section 25 is further provided along one of its sides with overlapping fabric extensions 29, which serve to cover the space between the sections when the screen-sections are in their various positions.

A distributing-disk 17 is suspended, by means of ashaft I7 and a bracket 31, in which the shaft is journaled, from the top 26. lThe shaft 17 carries two fan-blades`24 and a gear 19, with which meshes a gear 2O on powershaft 2l, the power-shaft being driven by pulley 22.

Surrounding the disk 17L and depending from top 26 is a flange 82, that prevents the escape oi' the material above the upper ends of the screen-sections. The spout 16a conducts the material directly to the disk 17.

It will be seen that by adjusting the screw 27 the lower ends of the screen-sections may be Idrawn nearer to one another or moved away from one another, whereby the material may be held at a greater or less length oi' time upon said screen-sections.

The material-such as phosphate-rock at'ter being ground, tankage acid phosphate, sand, cement-rock, coal, grain, &c.-is fed to a rotary disk 17, from which it is thrown by centrifugal force onto the non-rotatable screensurface and there subjected to a blast by fanblades 24. I

I desire it to be understood that 1 do not desire to be limited to the embodiment herein shown and that I may make various changes, within the scope of the appended claims, in the form and the construction without departing from the spirit oi' or sacrificing any of the advantages of my invention.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is4 1. The combination of a screen-surface in the form of an inverted frustum having an inlet at its top and a discharge at its bottom, and composed of a plurality of abutting screensections arranged in an endless series, and means for moving the sections to vary the inclination of the entire screen-surface.

2. The combination of a screen-surface in the form of an inverted frustum having an inlet at its top and a discharge at its bottom, and composed of a plurality ot' abutting screensections arranged in an endless series, means for moving the sections to vary the inclination of the entire screen-surface, and fabric extensions on the sides or' the screen-sections for covering the spaces between the sections when in the various positions.

3. The combination of a screen-surface in the form of an inverted frustum having an inlet at its top and a discharge at its bottom, means for varying the inclination of the entire screen-surface, and means for distributing material on the inner surface of the screen.

4. The combination of a screen-surface in the form o1 an inverted frustum having an inlet at its top and a discharge at its bottom,

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means for varying the inclination of the entire screen-surface, and a rotary disk for distributing material on the inner surface of the screen.

5. The Combination of a' screen-surface in the form of an inverted frustum having an inlet at its top and a discharge at its bottom, means for varying the inclination of the entire screen-surface, means for distributing material on the inner surface ofthe screen, and means for causing a blast to act on the material While on the screen.

6. The combination of a screen-surface in the form of an inverted frustum having an inlet at its top and a discharge at its bottom, means Jfor varying the inclination of the entire screen-surface, a rotary shaft surrounded by the screen-surface, a disk carried by the shaft, and fan-blades Carried by the shaft.

7. A non-rotatable screen-surface in the form of an inverted frustum having a discharge at its bottom and divided into a plurality of sections adjustable to vary the inelination of the screen-surface.

8. A non-rotatable screen-surface in the form of-an inverted frustnm having a discharge at its bottom and divided into a plurality of sections adjustable to vary the inclination of the screen-surfaee` and means for distributing material over the inner surface of the screen.

The foregoing specification signed this 27th day of June, 1904.

GRAHAM L. OGLE.

In presence of- JOHN RANDOLPH, J. OTIs WILLIAMSON. 

